John Andrist: The Last Time Trump Saw Paris
They spend a lot of time these days fussing about climate change, particularly since President Trump walked away from the...
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John Andrist: Knowing Who Our Neighbors Are
“Who is my neighbor?” Almost as long as man has existed that question has been one we have pondered. In...
Judge Frank Racek: Offender Rehabilitation Needs to Be More Focused and More Flexible to Work
Recently, the North Dakota legislature passed bills referred to as “Justice Reinvestment.” These measures were designed to decrease the number...
John Andrist: Are Privacy Protections Good or Annoying?
We are very much obsessed these days with things like security, secrecy, and privacy. All three of them are getting...
Matt Evans: An Attempt to Quantify the Criminal Justice Costs of Refugee Resettlement in Cass County
Officially, police departments in North Dakota tell us that they have no way of knowing the refugee status of their...
Jeremy Rham: North Dakota Needs Wind Energy
Sayanythingblog.com and AgWeek recently published Connie Krapp’s op-ed entitled “Before Permitting Another Wind Mill North Dakota’s PSC Must Publicize Costs...
John Andrist: In Praise of a Quest for the Middle
E pluribus unum. I’m not a scholar, but I think those are Latin words that translates pretty closely to “One...
William Brotherton: UND Should Forget Expensive New Branding Effort
I nearly choked on my coffee when I saw that UND’s President Kennedy wanting to spend $3 million to develop...
John Andrist: Only a Woman Can Be a Mom
There is a reason why the second and third biggest gift giving holidays in America (Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day)...
Ron Ness: Senator Heitkamp Failed to Support North Dakota
This week, the industry was dealt a serious blow when the Senate failed to repeal the BLM Waste Prevention rule....
